Today AMD Ryzen 7 processors go on pre-order for next week, both motherboard and an initial three processors will be available next week. Over at a Ryzen event in California AMDs CEO Lisa Su made several announcements that we can now share with you.

In this news item we’ll walk you through the initial three models released, the prices as well as a number of benchmark videos I just took at the event. One small teaser, IPC perf is up 52% not 40% according to AMD claims.It should be not secret, Ryzen launches really soon, the first series released will be the Ryzen 7 processors, these processors are in fact that Ryzen 7 1700, 1700X and 1800X. The three processors launched are all 8-core processors with 16 threads in a variety of clock frequencies.

All processors will be unlocked, the Ryzen 7 1700 processor will get a 65 Watt TDP, the 1700X and 1800X will be 96 Watt TDP products. The prices aside from a tenner have been spot on based on the earlier leaked information you guys have seen. In the weeks to follow you will see more announcements.

Below an overview of the three processor released, all data in this chart is now 100% confirmed including prices.

Ryzen Die shot

Processor model

Cores/Threads

L3 Cache

TDP

Base

Turbo

Unlocked

Price

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

8/16

16MB

95W

3.6GHz

4.0 GHz

Yes

$499

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

8/16

16MB

95W

3.4GHz

3.8 GHz

Yes

$399

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

8/16

16MB

65W

3.0GHz

3.7 GHz

Yes

$329

The flagship Ryzen 7 1800X will be the flagship product, it will get it’s 8 cores clocked at a base-clock of 3.6 GHz and indeed gets a 4.0 GHz Turbo. This is a 95 Watt (TDP) processor, the final price … 499 USD.

The Ryzen 7 1700X will get a base clock of 3.4 GHz and a turbo to 3.8 GHz. This CPU again has a 95 Watt TDP and is going to cost you 399 USD.

At launch next week, the biggest hit probably is going to be the Ryzen 7 1700 processor, it will be a proper gaming CPU that clocks in at a 3.0 GHz base clock and a nice 3.7 GHz Boost clock. This processor only has a 65 Watt TDP, again 65 Watt for a proper 8-core processor. This unit as well is unlocked and the pricing now is confirmed to be 329 USD.

Starting today you can preorder the processors and motherboards with full availability next week March 2nd. We’ve seen and tested these units, and yes it’s all very impressive. AMD Ryzen master utility - You guys all know how tweaking works in the Crimson drivers, that same methodology has been applied on the processor front. More details on tweaking you may expect next week, but the preliminary tweaking results that I have seen are impressive. On the motherboard front you can expect a thing or two as well, obviously you have seen many motherboards leaked/posted already. But there will be over 80+ models to choose from in the coming weeks as all board partners are going wide and diverse.

In my honest opinion two processors at launch will be a massive success. Both perform great, the 1800X at 499 USD is going to be a kick-ass processors that can compete with Intel’s counterpart. The Ryzen 7 1700 however is a 329 USD processor that remains to be unlocks and likely is easily tweaked towards the 1800X. That processor also only has a 65 Watt TDP. Interesting times are ahead of us short term alright.

Now during the presentation Su also showed a couple of performance benchmarks done live. I have recorded these videos available for you, shaky cam, my apologies for that but you get the generic idea. It seems that Ryzen is going to for full all desires and needs that you guys wished and hoped for. Have a peek, and then next week during availability we’ll have our review up as well.

In the videos below some live demo sessions of mostly the Ryzen 7 1800X pitted against the Core i7 6900K processor. The results have been nothing short of impressive.

Pre-orders will begin February 22 at 1 p.m. EST from more than 180 global etailers and boutique OEMs.

AMD will launch the Wraith Spire, a new cooling solution for select Ryzen processors.

Starting today the Ryzen 7 series is available for pre-order, with full availability next later week. By that time we'll also have a review ready for you guys to tell you a thing or two about performance, energy consumetions and yeah well, the entire view on this new and exciting processor series from AMD. I can tell you already, it will not dissapoint as this much performance at these price levels is going to be downright great.

AMD Ryzen Die Shot and Caches Shown at ISSCC - 02/17/2017 08:20 AM
As the launch of AMD Ryzen is getting closer, more and more details start to appear. We know most specs, clock-frequencies and even pricing. However AMD shared some more details about the microarchit...

#5396358 Posted on: 02/22/2017 03:13 PM
Is there any other meaning to the X moniker on the 1700X and 1800X other than being a 95W part instead of a 65W one? In other words is there any actual difference between the 1700 and 1700X besides the default clock speed?

moeppel
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#5396359 Posted on: 02/22/2017 03:14 PM
Any intel on what precisely the difference between the 1700X and 1700 is or is that still a NDA thing?

If it's truly XFR it could be foregone as manual OC should be equally good if not better.

Anyhow, in my next purchase I'm interested in proper virtualization support with IO forwarding.

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#5396360 Posted on: 02/22/2017 03:15 PM
Hilbert, sorry for asking this again, but do you have any news about a possible release date for the six core parts?

Thanks!

Also, the 1700 seems a killer cpu!

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#5396362 Posted on: 02/22/2017 03:17 PM
Ryzen 7 1700...hmm

15% faster than i7 7700 in fully multi-threaded workload (handbrake), while having +100% of cores/threeads, and maybe - 200MHz.

$329 might very well translate as 400 euros in EU.

If by any chance AMD price is "too good", retailers will simply increase their prices.

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#5396363 Posted on: 02/22/2017 03:18 PM
Schweet! Time to retire the old 2500K, or maybe turn it into an HTPC.

This means at least another month and i don´t know if i can wait that long...
It seems my next build is gonna be based around a 7600K even if the 1600X seems better...

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#5396371 Posted on: 02/22/2017 03:27 PM
AMD please take my money!

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#5396372 Posted on: 02/22/2017 03:27 PM
As someone who used to buy AMD back in the Athlon 64 days, but left for Intel due to AMDs terrible IPC performance, I am glad to see the very real possibility of my next processor being AMD. The fact that their flagship beats up intels for less than half the price is pretty remarkable. So long as AMD has enough in supply these CPUs could sell like hot cakes. I wonder if Intel saw this coming and has an answer? I am also really interested in overclocking performance, if the 1800x can easily hit 4.5Ghz on air it will be a force to be reckoned with for $500.

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#5396373 Posted on: 02/22/2017 03:28 PM

Six core parts are due in Q2.

Ughhh..... I'm tired of waiting..... But, as long as ITX boards aren't available, I guess that doesn't matter. Besides, the results of the 8-cores should be more than enough info to know whether building an AMD rig is worth it. If the rumors so far hold up, it seems it will be.

Also, I personally would consider any of the 8-core models to be overkill for gaming purposes. There aren't many games out there that would even bottleneck an overclocked i5.

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#5396374 Posted on: 02/22/2017 03:28 PM
Well, I am surprised it didn't flop. Though one never knows when a TLB bug strikes again...
Ok, good for them. I will still buy Intel.

Will be looking for a proper review. Here, on Guru3d of course.

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#5396379 Posted on: 02/22/2017 03:35 PM
@HH tell me you are going to review all 3 units and put comparison to all intel counterparts (i5/i7/6core/8core) so we can see the full picture.

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#5396382 Posted on: 02/22/2017 03:40 PM

The X models simply are better binned ones, thet get faster and higher on the max XFR range.